billfish

plural billfishes

1. Any of several fish, of the families Istiophoridae and Xiphiidae, that have an elongated jaw.

   Collectively, the billfishes are among the most sought-after game fishes because of their grace and power, in and out of the water.

   1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, pages 7–8

2. Other fish with elongated jaws:
   1. gars (Lepisosteidae spp.)
   2. sauries (Scomberesocidae spp.)
   3. silver gar (Strongylura maritima, in family Belonidae)
   4. northern pipefish (Syngnathus fuscus, in family Syngnathidae)